Patents by Inventor Thomas Eberle

Thomas Eberle has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20160164002
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds with functional substitutes in a specific spatial arrangement, to devices containing said functional substitutes and to the production and use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: AMIR HOSSAIN PARHAM, Irina MARTYNOVA, Anja JATSCH, Thomas EBERLE, Jonas Valentin KROEBER, Christof PFLUMM
  • Publication number: 20160155959
    Abstract: The present invention relates to organic electroluminescent devices which comprise a mixture of an iridium complex and a triazine or pyrimidine compound in the emitting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Kaiser, Christof Pflumm, Amir Hossain Parham, Thomas Eberle, Philipp Stoessel, Jonas Valentin Kroeber, Anja Jatsch, Heinrich Becker, Rouven Linge
  • Patent number: 9349960
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymers which contain substituted indenofluorene derivatives as structural unit, to substituted indenofluorene derivatives, to a process for the preparation of the polymers according to the invention, to mixtures and solutions which comprise the polymers according to the invention, and to the use of the polymers according to the invention in electronic devices, in particular in organic electroluminescent devices, so-called OLEDs (OLED=organic light emitting diode).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Susanne Heun, Aurélie Ludemann, Rémi Manouk Anémian, Junyou Pan, Thomas Eberle
  • Publication number: 20160141508
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of a formula (I), in which an electron-deficient group and an arylamino group are connected to one another via an intermediate group. The compound of the formula (I) is suitable as functional material in electronic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Anja JATSCH, Christof PFLUMM, Thomas EBERLE, Amir Hossain PARHAM, Jonas Valentin, Philipp STOESSEL, Joachim KAISER
  • Patent number: 9337430
    Abstract: The present invention relates to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, comprising compounds of the formula (1), to the corresponding compounds, and to a process for the preparation of these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Amir Hossain Parham, Christof Pflumm, Anja Jatsch, Thomas Eberle, Philipp Stoessel
  • Patent number: 9236571
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymeric materials which have electron-transporting, hole-transporting and/or emitting units in the side chains. The present invention furthermore relates to processes for the preparation of these polymers, to the use of these polymers in electroluminescent devices and to electroluminescent devices comprising these polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Niels Schulte, Aurélie Ludemann, Junyou Pan, René P. Scheurich, Thomas Eberle, Arne Buesing, Philipp Stoessel
  • Patent number: 9231220
    Abstract: The present invention relates to electronic devices comprising at least one compound of the formula (1) where X is N and Y is CR1, and to the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Rémi Mamouk Anémian, Aurélie Ludemann, Thomas Eberle, Sigurd Hoeger, Eva M. Reis, Vanessa Bobbe
  • Publication number: 20150364689
    Abstract: A formulation comprising at least one solvent and at least two different functional compounds of formula (I) A?B]k??(I) wherein A is a functional structural element, the structural element serving as a host material, as a unit that has hole-injection and/or hole-transport properties, as a unit that has electron-injection and/or electron-transport properties, as a unit which has light-emitting properties, or as a unit which improves the transfer from the singlet state to the triplet state of light-emitting compounds; B is a solubility-promoting structural element; and k is an integer in the range from 1 to 20; the molecular weight of the functional compound is at least 550 g/mol, and the solubility-promoting structural element B conforms to the general formula (L-I)
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Rémi Manouk Anémian, Susanne Heun, Thomas Eberle, Philipp Stoessel, Aurélie Ludemann, Dietmar Kunkel
  • Publication number: 20150337197
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds which are suitable for use in electronic devices, and to electronic devices, in particular organic electro-luminescent devices, comprising these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Anja JATSCH, Christof PFLUMM, Amir Hossain PARHAM, Thomas EBERLE, Philipp STOESSEL, Jonas Valentin KROEBER, Rouven LINGE
  • Publication number: 20150340627
    Abstract: The present application relates to a compound of a formula (I), (II) or (III). The compound can be used in an electronic device, preferably an organic electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Anja JATSCH, Christof PFLUMM, Amir Hossain PARHAM, Thomas EBERLE, Philipp STOESSEL, Jonas Valentin KROEBER, Rouven LINGE
  • Publication number: 20150340621
    Abstract: The present invention relates to organic electroluminescent devices which comprise mixtures of at least two electron-conducting materials, in particular as matrix for phosphorescent emitters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Amir Hossain PARHAM, Christof PFLUMM, Anja JATSCH, Thomas EBERLE, Philipp STOESSEL, Jonas Valentin KROEBER, Joachim KAISER
  • Publication number: 20150333274
    Abstract: The present application relates to a compound of a formula (I) which contains an indenocarbazole group, a carbazole group and an electron-deficient group bonded to the indenocarbazole group. The compound is suitable for use in electronic devices, in particular in organic electroluminescent devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Amir Hossain PARHAM, Thomas EBERLE, Anja JATSCH, Christof PFLUMM, Jonas Valentin KROEBER, Rémi Manouk ANÈMIAN
  • Publication number: 20150299562
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a formulation with which electronic devices can be produced with improved performance with respect to operating voltage, efficiency and service life. The present invention likewise relates to a method for producing a formulation according to the invention and to a method for producing electronic devices using the formulation according to the invention. Furthermore, the present invention also relates to an electronic device that has been produced using the method according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Herwig BUCHHOLZ, Thomas EBERLE, Junyou PAN
  • Publication number: 20150295186
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds according to formula (1) and formula (2), said compounds being suitable for use in electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Amir Hossain Parham, Christof Pflumm, Anja Jatsch, Thomas Eberle, Jonas Valentin Kroeber
  • Patent number: 9159930
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a formulation comprising at least one solvent and at least two functional compounds of the general formula (I) where A is a functional structural element, B is a solubility-promoting structural element and k is an integer in the range from 1 to 20, the molecular weight of the functional compound is at least 550 g/mol and the solubility-promoting structural element B conforms to the general formula (L-I) where Ar1, Ar2 is each, independently of one another, an aryl or heteroaryl group, which may be substituted by one or more radicals R of any desired type, X is in each case, independently of one another, N or CR2, preferably CH, R1, R2 is each, independently of one another, hydrogen, a straight-chain alkyl, alkoxy or thioalkoxy group having 1 to 40 C atoms or a branched or cyclic alkyl, alkoxy or thioalkoxy group having 3 to 40 C atoms or is a silyl group or a substituted keto group having 1 to 40 C atoms, an alkoxycarbonyl group having 2 to 40 C atoms, an aryloxycarbonyl group
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Rémi Manouk Anémian, Susanne Heun, Thomas Eberle, Philipp Stoessel, Aurélie Ludemann, Dietmar Kunkel
  • Publication number: 20150270495
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds according to formula (1), a method for producing these compounds and electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices containing said compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Amir Hossain Parham, Christof Pflumm, Anja Jatsch, Thomas Eberle, Jonas Valentin Kroeber
  • Publication number: 20150243897
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds according to formula (1) or formula (2) which are suitable for use in electronic devices, more particularly organic electroluminescence devices, and also to electronic devices which contain said compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Elvira Montenegro, Amir H. Parham, Anja Jatsch, Christof Pflumm, Jones V. Kroeber, Thomas Eberle
  • Patent number: 9118022
    Abstract: The present invention relates to organic electroluminescent devices which comprise heteroaromatic compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Amir Hossain Parham, Arne Buesing, Christof Pflumm, Teresa Mujica-Fernaud, Philipp Stoessel, Thomas Eberle
  • Patent number: 9099655
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition, containing at least one emitter compound and at least one polymer with conjugation-interrupting units, to the use of said composition in an optoelectronic apparatus and to an optoelectronic apparatus which contains said inventive composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Junyou Pan, Rémi Manouk Anémian, Niels Schulte, Aurélie Ludemann, Thomas Eberle, Susanne Heun
  • Publication number: 20150214489
    Abstract: The present invention relates to carbazole derivatives, in particular for use as triplet matrix materials in organic electroluminescent devices. The invention further relates to a method for producing the compounds according to the invention and to electronic devices comprising same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: AMIR Hossain Parham, Thomas Eberle, Anja Jatsch, Christof Pflumm, Jonas Valentin Kroeber